Financial Policy and Capital Structure Choice in U.K. SMEs: Empirical Evidence from Company Panel Data

Small Business Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-130

  Michaelas, Nicos ^a   Chittenden, Francis ^a   Poutziouris, Panikkos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033454501     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008010724051     Document Type: Article

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